How To Build A Thriving Workplace: A Leader’s Guide

Topic Better Living Use the science of positive psychology to improve employee well-being and your business’s bottom line. How to Build a Thriving Workplace “Pure intellectual stimulation that can be popped into the [audio or video player] anytime.” —Harvard Magazine “Passionate, erudite, living legend lecturers. Academia’s best lecturers are being captured on tape.” —The Los Angeles Times “A serious force in American education.” —The Wall Street Journal Beth Cabrera is a Senior Scholar at the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being at George Mason University, where she conducts research on applying principles of positive psychology to improve personal and professional well-being. She received her PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Cabrera’s research has been published in leading academic and professional journals, and she is the author of the book Beyond Happy: Women, Work, and Well-Being. Professor Photo: © Jeff Mauritzen - inPhotograph.com. Cover Image: © Hero Images/Getty Images. Course No. 9648 © 2018 The Teaching Company. PB9648A Guidebook THE GREAT COURSES ® Corporate Headquarters 4840 Westfields Boulevard, Suite 500 Chantilly, VA 20151-2299 USA Phone: 1-800-832-2412 www.thegreatcourses.com Subtopic Professional Development How to Build a Thriving Workplace A Leader’s Guide Course Guidebook Beth Cabrera George Mason University PUBLISHED BY: THE GREAT COURSES Corporate Headquarters 4840 Westfields Boulevard, Suite 500 Chantilly, Virginia 20151-2299 Phone: 1-800-832-2412 Fax: 703-378-3819 www.thegreatcourses.com Copyright © The Teaching Company, 2018 Printed in the United States of America This book is in copyright. All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of The Teaching Company. BETH CABRERA, PHD Senior Scholar at the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being George Mason University B eth Cabrera is a Senior Scholar at the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being at George Mason University, where she conducts research on applying principles of positive psychology to improve personal and professional wellbeing. She received her PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the Georgia Institute of Technology. After earning her PhD, Dr. Cabrera joined the faculty of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, one of Spain’s top universities, and continued her teaching career as a Professor of Management at Arizona State University. She also became a senior research fellow at the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University. How to Build a Thriving Workplace: A Leader’s Guide  | i Dr. Cabrera is the president and founder of Cabrera Insights, a consulting firm that assists companies in creating and maintaining positive work environments. Her research has been published in leading academic and professional journals, and she is the author of the book Beyond Happy: Women, Work, and Well-Being. l ii | Professor Biography TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Professor Biography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Course Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 LEC